{"id":17944,"date":"2015-12-02T10:41:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T18:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17944"},"modified":"2015-12-02T10:41:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T18:41:12","slug":"pig-testilied-to-grand-jury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/02\/pig-testilied-to-grand-jury\/","title":{"rendered":"Pig Testilied to Grand Jury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me begin by saying that I consider the majority of police officers to be dedicated professionals, who in no way deserve the pejorative term \u201cpig\u201d.  I reserve that for officers, who have earned it.  That is clearly true of Timothy Loehmann, the pig, who murdered Tamir Rice in cold blood.  He also lied to the grand jury.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"1202tamirlede\"More than one year has passed since 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed while holding a toy gun, and prosecutors have yet to decide whether to charge the officer responsible. But on Thursday afternoon, the day after enhanced stills<\/a> of the shooting were unveiled, the Cleveland Police Department released Officer Timothy Loehmann\u2019s account of the fatal shooting. <\/p>\n

According to Loehmann\u2019s official police statement, the officer saw Rice \u201cpick up an object and stick it down into his waistband.\u201d When Loehmann and his partner Frank Garback drove up to the boy, Rice turned in their direction. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspect had a gun, had been threatening others with the weapon and had not obeyed our command to show his hands,\u201d Loehmann wrote. \u201cHe was facing us. This was an active shooter situation.\u201d Loehmann alleges that both officers yelled for the boy to show his hands, but Rice did not comply. He claims he shot his firearm twice when he saw Rice pull out a gun from his waistband. <\/p>\n

He also said that Rice \u201cappeared to be over 18 years old and about 185 pounds.\u201d <\/p>\n

But an internal investigation<\/a> found no proof that Loehmann yelled for Rice to show his hands before he deployed his weapon. It did confirm that Rice was shot two seconds after Loehmann exited his vehicle, which would have left little time to warn Rice\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Think Progress<\/a>> <\/p>\n